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Over 5m people set to travel over Songkran
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/04/2023
» Some 5.1 million people are expected to travel during this year's Songkran Festival, generating over 23 billion baht in revenue -- a significant increase from last year's figures.
BMA to list 35 Songkran alcohol-free areas
Gary Boyle, Published on 05/04/2023
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will name 35 alcohol-free locations to curb the number of accidents and deaths during the upcoming Songkran Festival.
Sharks and tourists share Maya Bay
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/03/2023
» Every day in Krabi's Maya Bay, up to 40 blacktip reef sharks swim in the sea while about 4,000 tourists visit its white-sand beach.
Limited demand for overseas trips
Gary Boyle, Published on 22/03/2023
» While there were heavy bookings for April under the government's domestic hotel travel scheme, the number of outbound tourists during the Songkran holiday period remains low.
France donates 1m new Moderna doses
Gary Boyle, Published on 14/03/2023
» Another batch of just over one million doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine from the French government was handed over to Thailand yesterday.
All 560,000 travel scheme rooms booked
Gary Boyle, Published on 10/03/2023
» All of 560,000 room nights in the government's hotel subsidy programme for domestic tourists were booked within four days.
Foreign gangs accused of stealing jobs in Phuket
Gary Boyle, Published on 20/02/2023
» The hospitality industry in Phuket wants the government to stop foreign mafia groups getting more involved in business on the resort island.
First cases of Kraken detected
Gary Boyle, Published on 16/02/2023
» The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) has found two cases of a new sub-variant of Omicron which has a strong transmission capacity.
Latest Covid variant 'not a concern'
Gary Boyle, Published on 08/02/2023
» The new Omicron subvariant CH.1.1, which has been detected in 67 countries including Thailand, can evade immunity produced by some vaccines but its rate of transmission is low, the Department of Medical Sciences said.
Airport testing shows Covid numbers on arrival 'very low'
Gary Boyle, Published on 24/01/2023
» Five international travellers who arrived in the kingdom in the past two weeks tested positive for Covid-19, while 300-400 departing travellers, including Thais, were infected with the virus, according to health authorities.